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Can anyone identify the instrument being played here (besides the lute)? (Original Post) CTyankee Jun 2023 OP
It's a rebec, a forerunner of the violin. Ocelot II Jun 2023 #1
Hey, Ocelot! Thanks a lot! I'm writing about the lute and saw this painting and wondered about it. CTyankee Jun 2023 #2
I know someone who plays it: Ocelot II Jun 2023 #3
You know a lot. cachukis Jun 2023 #4
Music major, concentration in music history. Ocelot II Jun 2023 #6
Your contributions are very sound. cachukis Jun 2023 #7
A guess, but a mandolin? bucolic_frolic Jun 2023 #5
see above. It's a rebec! I never heard of it before... CTyankee Jun 2023 #8

CTyankee

(63,912 posts)
2. Hey, Ocelot! Thanks a lot! I'm writing about the lute and saw this painting and wondered about it.
Sat Jun 10, 2023, 04:20 PM
Jun 2023

I only know it is not a theorbo...

Ocelot II

(115,683 posts)
6. Music major, concentration in music history.
Sat Jun 10, 2023, 04:39 PM
Jun 2023

I don't know a lot in general but have some specialized and often useless knowledge in a few areas!

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